The Digital Press

The maintainer of Ruby's JSON gem explains why they are deprecating certain APIs, focusing on improving security and API design by reducing global behaviors and surprising defaults.

Why it matters: Deprecations address security risks and confusing behaviors that can lead to vulnerabilities and bugs in applications.

The big picture: The JSON gem is shifting from global, implicit behaviors to safer, more explicit APIs that give users tighter control.

The stakes: Breaking changes may cause extra work and frustration for developers but are necessary to prevent subtle security issues and data corruption.

Commenters say: Some users worry that changing defaults, such as duplicate key handling, could introduce bugs and question the value of certain deprecations.